Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.

'The X Factor' was the final push I needed to have the presence and confidence on stage, which I didn't have before. It's a crash course in the music industry. If you can survive the show, you're ready for the industry.

Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Factor,' and then their lives are changed, wham, like that. Me, I am someone who has tried for years in the music industry.

Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.